Lake Needwood

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Well, the weather looked unpromising at first, but the weather gods smiled and by 11:00 the rain stopped and never returned. It was a cool but humid day; one Brazilian orienteer remarked that “This is just like orienteering in Brazil!” (i.e. the rainforest?) Luckily, the ground was a bit wet but not a lot of much or standing water. Everybody seemed to come back happy.
In the end, we had 147 people, 111 starts, which is pretty good given the rain, plus competition from the Billy Goat Meet (where many QOC stalwarts went), and of course Mothers’ Day. As a first-time Event Director, I had my doubts about remembering all the details, but so many volunteers stepped forward – over 20, veterans and novices both – that it was hard to go wrong.
Special shout-out to:

Peggy Dickison who set the course, even though she was going up for the Billy Goat.
Don Fish, who filled in for Peggy Sunday morning, rising early to set out the last 10 controls, and helping me figure out how to set everything up. Don also coached me during much of the planning and set up, reassuring me that, in the end, it would all work out. And he was right!
Sam Listwak, not only showed up very early, to help with set-up, but left then came back at the end of the day to help with control pickup, and take over as substitute Event Director after 4:00, when I had to rush back for Mother’s Day Dinner. Knowing Sam would be there at beginning and end allowed me to sleep better the night before.
Erin Brandt was also kind enough to come very early, laid out the entire buffet of snacks, and got us started cutting watermelon!
Florence Tan, who worked long and hard at registration, and helped reorganize all the food and supplies so we could find things.
Suzanne Izzo who supervised the 1st shift of registration.
Kathleen Lennon who supervised 2nd shift registration, and helped put everything away.
David Simpson, a first-time volunteer who bravely stepped in to handle the Member registration. Go David!
Michael Dickey and Rick Oliver who alternated between ably instructing the beginners, and helping out with whatever was needed.
Richard Briggs who served double duty: Brought a big bowl of potato salad, which was vacuumed up in less than an hour and stepped in to relieve me as the grill cook.
Ben Roberts who helped with clean-up/pack up, which was far more work than I imagined.
Craig Sheldon who helped organize the control pickup, and pack up the controls.
The entire pickup crew: Chris Puin, Ann Jepson, Kim Jepson, Dan Quinn, Adam Smith and Rich, Catherine & Garrett Fulton. Some other people also stepped in to help; sorry if I’ve missed anybody.
Mike Newman who nobly obtained and paid for the permit.
Finally, of couse MD VP Tom Nolan and Volunteer Coordinator extraordinaire Heidi Onkst who both promptly and cheerfully answered all my endless emailed questions….without once giving into the temptation to say, “Go look it up in the Event Director’s Guide, you idiot!”

No doubt I’ve missed some folks, especially the many who just pitched in spontaneously or offered to volunteer but weren’t needed. Any omissions or errors are mine.
-Tom Smerling

White

Course Length: 2.1 km

Course Climb: 85 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Eavan Coady	QOC	45:19
2	Malachi Coady	QOC	47:21
3	Neala Coady		48:41
4	Family DeMille & Romano		75:53
5	Team Fuey		83:46
6	Lizzie Fink & Bob & Tina	DVOA	DNF (58:16)
6	Liam Christopherson & Troop 497		MP (80:13)

Yellow

Course Length: 2.6 km

Course Climb: 85 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Reiko Rager	QOC	39:23
2	Steve Mones	QOC	46:56
3	Vincent Martin	QOC	50:02
4	Carol Fink	DVOA	54:29
5	Tolik Kuznetsov & Yulia Kuznetsov		59:52
6	Henry Dusenbury & Dodie & John		66:08
7	Hugo Estrada & Alex	QOC	71:11
8	Jasmine Pham & Long Pham	QOC	72:33
9	YC Chen	QOC	81:08
10	Radka Herndon	QOC	82:50
11	Tim McCormick		84:57
12	Simona Sirbu & Guillaume Cheron & Ligia Cheron	QOC	93:58
13	Louis Novack & Mike Messina	QOC	120:24
14	Ariana		DNF
14	Howell Desierto	QOC	DNF (113:37)

Orange

Course Length: 5.5 km

Course Climb: 175 m

Number of Controls: 12

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Jon Fink	QOC	51:50
2	Jack Meuse		57:00
3	Christopher Clarke & Noah Fisher		57:06
4	Einar Olsen	QOC	69:13
5	David Doherty & Claire	QOC	70:07
6	Philip Walsh		76:08
7	Eric Damtoft & Sara Moses	QOC	89:56
8	Henry Dusenbury & Dodie & John		97:14
9	Chris Sharp Becky White	QOC	119:14
10	Chen Tihan & Tingjun Ma		125:27
11	Yoko Tanaka		140:46
12	Beth Ann Stasiowski	QOC	143:49
13	Renee Johnson	QOC	162:41
14	Jeffrey Johnson	QOC	163:00
15	James Radko & Belinda & Nathan & Amanda		DNF (96:27)
15	Lisa & David Simpson	QOC	MP (76:32)
15	Nils Layrisse & Marin &Timeo & Florence & Manoel		MP (93:42)

Beige

Course Length: 2.4 km

Course Climb: 100 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Mark Mace	QOC	43:31
2	David Rager & silas	QOC	48:55
3	Craig Shelden	QOC	56:03
4	Maggie Pruden	QOC	58:27
5	Michelle Jennings	QOC	65:55
6	Amy Louden	QOC	73:03
7	Karen Butler & Ellen LaWall	QOC	125:24
8	Christopher Puin	QOC	DNF (81:33)

Brown

Course Length: 4.2 km

Course Climb: 165 m

Number of Controls: 11

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Jillian Doherty	QOC	44:14
2	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	61:48
3	Mary Snieckus	QOC	62:13
4	Bob Fink	DVOA	63:14
5	Scott Sharp	QOC	66:38
6	Andrew Bennett		68:30
7	Edward Enson	QOC	74:13
8	David McIntire	QOC	74:34
9	Nicholas Turza	QOC	80:47
10	Richard Briggs	QOC	83:02
11	Petya Aleksieva	QOC	84:23
12	Gary Smith	QOC	84:42
13	Helen Doherty	QOC	85:17
14	Elina Desierto		87:05
15	Cecilia Landers	QOC	91:41
16	Michelle Svoboda	QOC	98:26
17	Pete McLaughlin	QOC	101:34
18	Sophia Hu & Shanna Sorrells		109:04
19	Mike Newman	QOC	113:17
20	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	152:22

Green

Course Length: 5.6 km

Course Climb: 180 m

Number of Controls: 16

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Tom Wells	QOC	64:00
2	Jan Merka	QOC	64:28
3	Martins Jonass		69:34
4	Alexis Merka	QOC	69:54
5	Tom Strat	QOC	71:17
6	Cash Costello	QOC	73:19
7	Joe Sehnal	QOC	76:14
8	Mihai G Sirbu	QOC	76:21
9	Jody Landers	QOC	76:30
10	Anne Jepsen	QOC	78:00
11	Dennis Doherty	QOC	79:34
12	Charles Carrick	QOC	85:28
13	Gogi Kalka	QOC	89:49
14	Frantisek Brabec	QOC	96:59
15	Ryan Collins	QOC	100:18
16	Julie Keim	SVO	100:28
17	Doris Lee	QOC	102:45
18	Hideharu Tanaka		107:53
19	Florence Tan	QOC	124:11
20	Jane Leggett	QOC	128:49
21	Paul Collinson	QOC	130:13
22	Jan Zicha	QOC	DNF (154:32)

Red

Course Length: 6.8 km

Course Climb: 200 m

Number of Controls: 17

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Rick Oliver	QOC	61:58
2	Adam Smith	QOC	64:25
3	Daniel Quinn	QOC	64:52
4	Gavin Weise	QOC	67:39
5	Kim Jepsen	QOC	69:21
6	Howie Weinstein	QOC	76:52
7	Diana Aleksieva	QOC	91:13
8	Evgueni Belyi		108:25
9	John Miller	QOC	109:12
10	Katia Volonsevich	QOC	120:21
11	Michael Kholodov		136:37
12	Jared Silk	QOC	MP (85:10)
12	Conner Frost	QOC	MP (85:45)

Blue

Course Length: 8.4 km

Course Climb: 285 m

Number of Controls: 26

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Michael Dickey	QOC	75:09
2	Osmir De Assumpcao	QOC	75:22
3	Ryan Stasiowski	QOC	76:45
4	Victor Lin	QOC	78:38
5	Glen Gibson	QOC	83:49
6	Tom Nolan	QOC	87:59
7	Videlin Aleksiev	QOC	98:40
8	Michael Stasiowski	QOC	103:31
9	Bill Johns	Loudoun Co NJROTC	DNF (172:46)

Abbreviations: DNF = did not finish, MP = mispunch, NC = non-competitive (usually 2nd course or course setter/vetter), OT = overtime (more than 3 hours or returned after course closing time).